{"id":260136,"date":"2025-07-12T23:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T23:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260136\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T23:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T23:17:11","slug":"my-kids-thought-i-was-signing-for-chelsea-ex-liverpool-star-andy-carroll-lift-lid-on-shock-transfer-after-sealing-return-to-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260136\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;My kids thought I was signing for Chelsea!&#8217; &#8211; Ex-Liverpool star Andy Carroll lift lid on shock transfer after sealing return to England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"article-teaser\" class=\"article_teaser__rjxUK\">In one of the most surprising transfer stories of the summer, former England international Andy Carroll has officially joined Dagenham &amp; Redbridge, a club competing in the sixth tier of English football. He has signed on as both a player and a shareholder following the club\u2019s recent takeover by a Qatari investment consortium.<\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none\">Article continues below<\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none\">Article continues below<\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none\">Article continues below<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carroll geared up for a new chapter in England<\/li>\n<li>Has left Bordeaux for a fresh start in English football<\/li>\n<li>Is excited to continue his career even at 36<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In one of the most surprising transfer stories of the summer, former England international Andy Carroll has officially&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[99713,885,179,101,79,2357,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-260136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-a-carroll","9":"tag-chelsea","10":"tag-liverpool","11":"tag-premier-league","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-transfers","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114842818571160406","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}